Fair Isle Snowflake Ornament

Lion Brand® Wool-Ease®

GAUGE:

Exact gauge is not essential to this project.

NOTES:

Work chart from right to left on RS rows, from left to right on WS rows. Carry color not in use across WS of work.

FAIR ISLE SNOWFLAKE ORNAMENTWith A, cast on 6 sts. Row 1: Purl. Row 2: Kfb (knit in front and back of each st across) – 12 sts. Rows 3, 5, 7, 9 , 11 and 13: With A, purl. Row 4: With A, kfb in each st across – 24 sts. Row 6: With A, *kfb in next st, k1, rep from * across – 36 sts. Row 8: With A, *kfb in next st, k2, rep from * across – 48 sts. Row 10: With A, *kfb in next st, k3, rep from * across – 60 sts. Row 12: With A, *kfb in next st, k4, rep from * across – 72 sts. Row 14: With A, knit, increase 5 sts evenly spaced across – 77 sts. Row 15: With A, purl. Row 16: With A, k2; *work Row 1 of chart across next 23 sts, with A, k2, rep from * 2 times more. Continue as established, working in Stockinette st (k on RS, p on WS), following chart and keeping first and last 2 sts, and 2 sts between each chart rep in A, until 23 rows of chart have been completed. Next Row: With A, purl. Next Row: With A, knit, decrease 5 sts evenly spaced across – 72 sts. Next Row: With A, purl. Next Row: With A, *K4, k2tog, rep from * across – 60 sts. Next Row: With A, purl. Next Row: With A, *K3, k2tog, rep from * across – 48 sts. Next Row: With A, purl. Next Row: With A, *K2, k2tog, rep from * across – 36 sts. Next Row: With A, purl. Next Row: With A, *K1, k2tog, rep from * across – 24 sts. Next Row: With A, purl. Next Row: With A, *K2tog, rep from * across – 12 sts. Next Row: With A, purl. Rep last 2 rows once more – 6 sts. Next Row: Change to double pointed needles. With A, k2tog across – 3 sts. Hanging LoopDo not turn work. Slide sts to other end of needle and k3. Continue to slide sts to other end of needle and k3 until cord measures about 7 in (18 cm). Bind off. Sew bound-off end of cord to beginning to make loop.

FINISHINGWrap piece around foam ball and sew seam, drawing in sts of bound-off and cast-on edges. Sew bound off end of cord to top of Ornament. Weave in ends.

Ratings and Reviews

This is a nice ornament. If you notice on the snowflake pattern on row 19 the last stitch should be red, not while. I used a nice green and did the snowflake with a white with shiny thresd and it is very pretty. Bigger than I was thinking, but I like it. Thanks for free patterns.

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